Chapter 45: Both Sides Are Thinking of Ways

  The headquarters of the US Expeditionary Force in Germany once again echoed with General Kate's unique loud voice.

  "What the...! Who can tell me what's going on here?! Our elite troops are suffering heavy casualties too! An entire squad of mech warriors has been wiped out, and to make matters worse, we've lost five Apaches this time around. This is getting out of hand, we can't keep it under wraps anymore. Everyone wait for the Ministry of Defense's orders!"

  It was all a ruse operation last night to catch the mysterious people who frequently attacked the patrol team. The troops stationed on the German side came up with this bait plan, and in order to ensure the success of the plan, the command headquarters specially applied to the Ministry of National Defense for an armored warrior squad to come and support the action.

  The baiting action last night was indeed successful, and the group of guys who ambushed the patrol team really took the bait. They launched a frenzied attack on the convoy in the evening, just like they did several times before. The base immediately dispatched an Apache helicopter squadron that had been waiting in the air for a long time, as well as a rapid reaction force that had been on standby for 24 hours to support this mission, to rush to the scene of the ambush and support the mechanized infantry troops who were pretending to be bait.

  As a result, when the rapid reaction force's support vehicles and transport helicopters arrived quickly at the scene, what appeared before their eyes was that in addition to the burning vehicles all over the ground and several incomplete armored warriors' corpses, the bodies of other patrol members disappeared as usual without any trace.

  General Kate almost fell over when he heard the bad news, he knew that this time the trouble was big.

  Looking at the angry General Kate, her subordinates also had a look of helplessness on their faces. This plan was already the strongest combat team they had invested in, and now, except for mobilizing a large army to conduct a thorough sweep, they couldn't think of anything else. But mobilizing a large army would make too much noise, and those quick-acting raiders would surely disappear without a trace.

  For this bait action, the troops are now suffering heavy losses. Currently, the only thing is to think of ways to take remedial measures for this matter. Otherwise, these military officers will face either a military tribunal or prepare for early retirement.

  After a brief moment of silence, a staff officer in charge of the on-site investigation report whispered: "General, our troops found a large number of large-caliber shell casings at the scene of the attack. It seems that the attacker's weapon should be a heavy machine gun or something similar. However, when the personnel on the scene examined the bodies of the armored warriors through their wounds, it was discovered that all the armored warriors on the scene were killed by cold weapons!"

  General Kate thought he must have misheard, for it was unthinkable that an armored warrior could be killed by a knife or sword. He had personally witnessed the ultra-high defensive and combat capabilities of the armor suit, otherwise he would not have gone to the Ministry of Defense to apply for a small team of armored warriors to come and assist. If he reported this matter to the Ministry of Defense, those military bigwigs would definitely think that he was intentionally playing a joke on them.

  General Kate's mood had calmed down by then, and he asked his subordinate solemnly: "Is your report true? Don't make another mistake with me!"

  The officer immediately replied seriously: "This is absolutely true, and we also found a conversation and a shot on the recorder of the destroyed excellent warrior armor, which seemed to be called something like Lizard, and indeed there was a huge lizard head on the screen."

  General Kate frowned at this subordinate and said, "Lizard! Do you have any ideas? The situation is urgent now, we can't care about so much. Speak up your idea!"

  General Kate, as a commander who has been on the front line for many years, is of course very aware that these officers have come up with some unimaginable ideas to get better supplies, and they will use all sorts of strange methods in peacetime.

  The officer immediately said boldly: "Since we have these incomplete evidence, let's just attribute the cause of this attack to a parasitic beast that has never been seen before. When the investigation team comes here later, we can fabricate some evidence, right? After all, there are still many corpses of parasitic beasts in the base morgue, as long as we..."

  General Kate, after weighing the pros and cons of this matter, finally agreed with his subordinates' decision. He didn't want to retire early or face a military court for this matter. He said cautiously: "Remember, this must be done without leaving any traces. All departments will provide support if needed. If discovered, everyone knows the consequences!"

  The officer who made the decision immediately stood up straight and saluted, answering in a firm tone: "Understood, General! I will definitely complete this mission perfectly!"

  General Kate nodded, believing that for his own career, the group of people below would definitely do things properly. At this moment, he had already hated those who ambushed the convoy to death in his heart, and if he had the chance, he would definitely make them suffer a crushing defeat.

  The incident of the demons attacking the patrol squad was thus, under the plan of a group of officers who were prepared to deceive and cheat, the pot was very naturally placed on the head of the Parasitic Beast.

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  At this time, more than 100 kilometers away from the base in an underground altar, the Abyssal Legion descended to the two main persons in charge of the vanguard of the Earth's forces, who were looking at a US military armored suit that had been cut in half and discussing their next plan.

  Vlad, the leader of the Abyssal Mages, carefully observed the suit of armor that Kam had brought back, which had been cut in two, and gravely said to Sado, the demon warrior beside him: "Sado, it seems our plan to conquer this plane will have to undergo some changes!"

  Sado looked at the damaged Accelerator suit and asked seriously: "Vlad-sama, what change are you talking about?"

  Sado is not a demon warrior who only knows how to kill, on the contrary, he likes to use his wisdom to solve various problems he encounters, rather than choosing to use his own strength like most other demon warriors. This time, Kam's mission to attack the human army patrol team was successful, but for the first time, his warriors suffered casualties. And judging from the spoils of war he brought back, the weapons on this plane are quite formidable.

  "After tapping on the armor, Vlad analyzed seriously: 'We seem to have underestimated this plane's human invention of science, which is equivalent to alchemy. The power of these steel weapons is no less than magic, and they are very convenient to use. A few weak humans using this armor made Kam lose more than a dozen elite Fire Lizard warriors, although it was partly due to Kam's reckless leadership. But the fact remains that these weapons are too easy to use. According to my Soul Search technique, the population of this plane is as high as 6 billion. If we want to conquer this place smoothly, it won't be an easy task.'"

  Sado couldn't help but speak with a worried tone after hearing Vlad's analysis: "Master Vlad, if the weapons of this plane are all so lethal, even if the Legion occupies this plane, there will likely be extremely heavy casualties. That's a big problem."

  They are responsible for paving the way for the legion to enter this plane, while conducting intelligence gathering work. If there are a large number of heavy armor units in this plane that can severely damage the Fire Scorpion warriors' armor, it will inevitably add great trouble to the legion's conquest of this plane later on.

  Vlad nodded and said, "It seems that before the main army arrives on this plane, we must greatly weaken the military strength of several major powers on this plane. It's convenient for the future legion to attack! Otherwise, the main army may get bogged down in a protracted battle."

  "Vlad Master, the power of our legion in this plane is too weak now. We can't launch a large-scale assault!"

  Vlad let out his signature cold laugh again: "Don't worry about that, as long as we find the opponent's weakness, we can achieve the greatest results with the smallest cost."

  Sado listened to Vlad's words and immediately began thinking about the weaknesses of humans in this dimension: "The weakness of humans in this dimension! Their weakness should be... magic! The magical energy in this dimension is really too thin..."

  Vlad spoke with an approving tone: "Sado, you are indeed the most trusted subordinate of His Majesty Trem. You're much better than that Kardo guy who only knows how to kill. The humans in this dimension have too little magical energy, so they won't be able to use any magic at all. At the same time, it also means their resistance to magic is extremely limited. When more abyssal mages come over, we'll use these undead to summon wraiths and have them control a group of humans to infiltrate the major nations of this world!"

  Sado smiled and continued Vlad's unfinished words: "Then provoke their internal strife, severely weakening the armed forces of the entire plane. At that time, our great army can... take this plane in one fell swoop!"

  Vlad, who had lost interest in the things before him, turned around and smiled at Sado behind him, saying: "Sado, have you learned a lot of new terms? That's good, we need to learn more about each different plane of existence. This will strengthen our powers. After a while, I'll personally cast transformation magic on you, and then you'll lead Kam and others who have also been transformed into this plane's human society, to learn all their knowledge, understand everything about them. Only in this way can we quickly and smoothly complete our future plans!

  Sado was very much in favor of Vlad's proposal, for only by constantly understanding one's opponent could one defeat them. However, he was now worried about another matter: "If I and Kam enter human society, then Master Vlad, how will you ensure your safety? After all, the magical energy in this world is really too low, and it restricts the power of mages a bit too much."

  Vlad is a very important figure in the Deep Legion, and he can't afford to have any accidents. If something happens to him, it will have an immeasurable impact on the entire legion. In Sado's view, if all these high-level warriors leave, the safety of this place will be greatly discounted.

  Regarding Sado's concerns, Vlad simply smiled calmly and said: "You don't have to worry about this, I will also enter the social world of this world with you at the same time. As for the spatial magic array here, I will dispatch some warriors to guard it. The top priority now is to smoothly provoke a war between the major powers on this plane, making them quickly become enemies and start fighting."

  As the two heads of the Abyssal Legion concluded their discussion, this world would face a large number of parasitic beasts infiltrating human society after another batch of uninvited guests joined in, and they were even more dangerous than the parasitic beasts.